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Thorough informed consent: A developing clinical intervention with suicidal clients.

Donelda A Cook¹

¹Counseling Center.

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|November 30, 2011

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Thorough informed consent for suicidal clients requires more empirical research and clinical training. Current recommendations are preliminary and not yet ready for ethical implementation in practice.

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Area of Science:

Psychology
Clinical Psychology
Ethics in Psychology

Background:

The Rudd et al. (2009) article proposes thorough informed consent for suicidal clients.
This commentary examines these recommendations based on prior research and clinical practice.
The context is university counseling centers dealing with suicidal clients.

Purpose of the Study:

To critically evaluate the Rudd et al. (2009) recommendations for informed consent with suicidal clients.
To assess the readiness of these recommendations for clinical implementation.
To highlight the need for further empirical research and training.

Main Methods:

Commentary and critical analysis of existing literature.
Examination of recommendations from the perspective of clinical practice.
Focus on the specific setting of university counseling centers.

Main Results:

Thorough informed consent for suicidal clients is currently in preliminary stages of development.
Existing recommendations lack sufficient empirical support for immediate ethical implementation.
There is a significant need for further research and clinical training.

Conclusions:

The proposed informed consent procedures for suicidal clients are not yet ethically viable for widespread clinical use.
Empirical research is essential to validate and refine these interventions.
Clinical training must precede the implementation of such sensitive ethical practices.